We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
268 of its 465 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 135 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 71 of Haiti's 89 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 68 of Port-au-Prince's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).
94 of its 227 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Skopje accounted for 93 of North Macedonia's 94 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories).
54 of its 172 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
674 of its 871 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Pulwama accounted for 319 of Kashmir's 674 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (475 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
472 of its 855 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (185 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
2,156 of its 5,608 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,263 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
822 of its 1,637 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (530 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
342 of its 602 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 113 of Jerusalem's 158 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (227 stories).
408 of its 1,561 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories). Building collapse was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Australia (112 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Zimbabwe (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Venezuela (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Russia (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 Feb. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 26,773 stories about harm among 119,320 counted on 16 Feb.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 30 December 2018. of the day's 119,320 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Mentions of heavy rain ran about 7 times their usual in Zimbabwe's news. In Egypt, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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